Wildcard Svetlana Kuznetsova needed to come from behind to defeat Karman Thandi in three sets, but Viktoria Kuzmova, Christina McHale, Wang Yafan and Kateryna Kozlova all came through in straight sets.

At the Korea Open, Agnieszka Radwanska began her tournament with a 6-4 7-5 defeat of Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

Alison Van Uytvanck (5) was sent packing in three sets by Ajla Tomljanovic and Magdalena Rybarikova (4) was forced to retire through injury when 6-3 3-2 down to Mandy Minella, but fellow seeds Hsieh Su-wei and Irina-Camelia Begu went through.